Help!

[Evanmm42]

My mom has managed to get her Android set to Chinese or Japanese and we can't figure out how to get it set back to English since we only speak/ can read English.Does anyone know how to change this back?

 

[AndroidSPCS]

Perhaps one way is to have another Android phone side by side, go through the same menus, and then change the language.

Or you can try a factory reset, which will wipe all language settings.

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[Evanmm42]

Thank you! I'll try the factory reset.

 

[dan330]

if that does not work..

you need to tell us:
what phone
what android version
are you rooted and running a custom ROM?

 

[ambientdroid]

Can you find the settings icon in the app drawer? It looks like a grey dial with a blue bit on it.

That will give you a menu which you can't read - but they all have their own icon. The Language & Keyboard option has a Square with an 'A'.

Click on the first option from the menu that comes up.

You should now be given a list of languages for the system, 'English' will be written in English.

At least that's what it is on my Japanese Toshiba T-01C running Froyo (2.2) - it was the same when I had Eclair (2.1).